Auxiliary floor for railway-cars.



H. E. VAN DOEN.

AUXILIAKRY FLOOR FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION mw 1m29, |918.

Patented Sept; 17,1918` MHA Il H lll .I lll l lll Il and 4 are folded back one' at a time upon the section l and then the entire unit is swung upwardly about the hinges on posts 2 against the end wall, G, of. the car as 1ndicated in Figs. 4 and Suitable catches or looks, 7, may be provided for liold1ng the folded unit in its upright position.

It will be seen'that by making one half of each unit in two sections, it is a very siinple matter for the workinanvto fold'handunfoldA these two sections, whereas it would be almost impossible to fold one' half' of each unit back upon the other and again lto unflld it, if each unit were made in two pieces only. 1` l l It is usually desirable' that the extreme end portions of a ventilated liooringube '1n-g clined upwardly somewhat so as to Ylar-ing struction and .arrangement which permits this increased height to be obtained at the ends of an auxiliary floor without leaving the ends permanently'thicker so as to.l prevent .the aui'ziliary floor from lyin 'Hat against a car Wall when swung or lfol ed up out ofthe way. l

.In the" arrangenjiehtjshoivn, that end of'.

the section v1- farthest .fii'oin the sections 3 and 4 is dividedaln'gli a longitudinal line, preferably at the vlongitudinal c iter of the car, into two halves, 8 and 9, eaci hinged to that portion of tli/es'ection l extending.

across the full widthof the car as indicated at 10. Suitablevadjustable devices, such as sinallblgocks or shoes,'.1l, hinged, as indi- .cated at'12, to the free ends of the sections 8 and 9, areprovided for the purpose of per- 'in Fig. 3 or to lie with 'their' upper surfaces* in the 'saine plane as the upper .surface of theremai'nden'of` the auxiliary licor. l l fthetw .featuresof iny invention tion 1. be" continued through-out the entire 'leii'gtliof tliissection so that the hinges l5 may gbe" placed between these striiigers andy the support-ing posts, 2. ,Thus the floor sectend .and

tions' 8 and 94 are supported sections and do not serve to .connect the floor unit to the car floor.

y I clairiififf i 1. Ajloose llooriunit for railway caisfconrpr'sing section .hinged to thel carj fat one' end, and. a sect-ion'hingedthereto at tlieother, comprising two 'parts-.lyings-ide by Side.

a transverse line, one o the upper portions thereof above the opendesirable that the string? f ers onf-sills',14,-ofthe'in-aii'i' partiof the sec" comprising a.-geetion-fhingellif A, f oneend, and a second section hin ed '2. A loose door unit for railway cars coinprising a section hinged to the car at one end, and a section hinged thereto at the other end and comprising a plurality of parts lying side by side.

3. A loose Iloor unit foi' railway cars milde up of a half section, and two quarter sections arranged side'by side and hinged at corresponding ends to one end ofthe half section. 4 i

4. A loose floor unit for railway ears made up of an' end section and a plurality of sections lying side by side and hinged t corresponding ends to .one end of the afore said section.

45. A loose floor unit for railwa cars di'- vided into two parts hin ed toget er along said parts' beingY divided into two elements along a line -at right angles to theaforesaid line.

6. A loose floor unit for railway cars coniprising a plurality of sections extending from'one side of the car to the other and from the door to one end, said sections bein hinged together to permit them to be folded up, and a hinge connectionbetween the said unit and the car 'at said end of the car.

7. A loose floor for railway carscomprising a section having a width approximately equal to the width of the car and a length approximately equal to the height of the interior of the car, and a second section of approxii'ii'amly the saine sizel as the aforesaid section hinged-at one end to one end of the latter, said .second section being divided into a plurality of parts along longitudinal ines.

8. A loose floor unit -for railway cars coinzprisinga section having a Width ap roximately equal to the width of the interior of the car and a length approximately equal'to the height of the interior of the car, said section eing hinged to tli'e'car in proximity to one end ofthe latter, a second similar sectionhinged to the free end of the'rst lsection and divided into a plurality of parts along 'longitudinal lines."

9. A loose floor section having a A sections extend from one side ofv the` ear "to thet-oth including 'a plurality of'. Sections'- lyihg-Sidef by vside and hinged tothe remainder` to'pe`r' mit tliei'n to be folded up separately about transverseaxes, and hinge connections loetween the said floor `andthe car at ne nd, y @fthe-'Can i l 1L A looseg'floo'rfllnit foi.

at the other end, =s`aid seoon'd section' hav a 'width su'liciently less than the width-on lElliot-1...

eiently nnrroyx'erl than the Width of the car to permit n. person to walk beside the same n the car.

y In testimony whereof, -I sign this specifi cation.

LfiERBERT E. VAN DoRN. 

